With more than 150,500 dead and almost 5,000,000 cases of Covid-19, the controversial debate about the mandatory use of face masks in the United States is an implausible situation in the eyes of experts. Wearing a face mask is considered one of the easiest and most direct ways of […]
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What can Charles Darwin teach us about Covid?
Centuries ago, William of Ockham (1287-1347) taught us that the simplest answer was often the best one. Charles Darwin’s theory of adaptation and suitability provides a beautifully simple explanation of what might be likely to happen in the Covid experience, both from the perspective of humans, and of microbiology. […]
Covid-19 has fractured the balance of our daily lives
With the rapid and lethal spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, personal and global finances have been seriously affected and, consequently, society itself. Life as we knew it has changed and the psychological and emotional state of many people could become an alarming issue. Rosmerys Bernal Piña At the […]
“The rebellion must be a permanent mass organisation”
This is what Netfa Freeman thinks. The mass protests in the United States, rather than protests, constitute grassroots rebellions against neoliberal capitalism and white supremacy. Martha Andrés Román So thinks Netfa Freeman, an analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) based in Washington DC, who also referred […]
The devastating impact of the pandemic on the Pacific
The insular nations of this area of the world succeeded in dodging the coronavirus epidemic, but they could not free themselves of its economic havoc. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the impact of the pandemic could leave tens of thousands of people submerged in poverty. Amelia Duarte […]